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Insolvency practitioners and missing moneys – on-line regulation required
The sentencing hearing in relation to former liquidator Mr Peter Amos was mentioned on 17 June 2024 and was then ...
Regulation of firms offering insolvency services
Further to my earlier post on insolvency practitioner (IP) regulation in the UK, and contrary to expectations,[1] the UK government ...
The cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners – insights from INSOL Tokyo
I was invited to present at the INSOL International Academic Colloquium on 12 September 2023 in Tokyo on the panel ...
Cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners – INSOL Tokyo – where are the government regulators?
This commentary has now been updated. See The cross-border regulation of insolvency practitioners – Murrays Legal ============================================== I was pleased ...
UK insolvency practitioners to come under direct government regulation
At the same time that the chair of the Australian PJC inquiry into corporate insolvency, Senator Deborah O’Neill, said that ...
Principles of Regulation of Insolvency Practitioners – an international standard
This comment was issued in October 2018; it is re-issued in May 2023, but not updated, for interest. The rather ...
Insolvency practitioner [over]-regulation in Australia – an update
While the UK is reviewing its insolvency practitioner (IP) co-regulation system, Australia’s direct regulation, with minimal but expansive co-regulation, might ...
Insolvency practitioner regulation – an Australian story
With the UK government rethinking the regulation of its insolvency practitioners (IPs), moving away from co-regulation to a system more ...
The contributions of bankruptcy trustees to AFSA’s regulation of criminal conduct
Bankruptcy trustees, and liquidators, and creditors in insolvencies, contribute much to the government, in effect for free. In a recent ...
The high cost of ASIC’s regulation of liquidators, in a deregulatory environment
The proposed annual ASIC ‘industry levies’ imposed on liquidators in Australia, to fund the cost of their regulation, prompts this ...
New Zealand’s $1 insolvency practitioner regulation levy
The new New Zealand insolvency practitioner regulation regime, commencing on 1 September 2020, will be funded in part by a ...
The potential for conflicts of interest in professional co-regulation
Referrals to a disciplinary committee of two senior insolvency practitioners with connections prompt my further explanations of Australia’s insolvency practitioner ...
New Zealand’s insolvency practitioner regulation regime, from 1 September 2020
A new insolvency practitioner regulation regime for New Zealand will start on 1 September 2020, according to RITANZ, only a ...
Regulation of insolvency practitioners by accounting bodies
The outcomes of co-regulation of UK insolvency practitioners are explained in a May 2020 report of the ICAEW, with some ...
New Zealand insolvency practitioner regulation – possible delay
The new corporate insolvency practitioner licensing regime in New Zealand, due to start in July 2020, may be put off ...
A review of Australia’s insolvency practitioner regulation system
Given a choice between a good insolvency law and poor practitioners, and good practitioners and a poor insolvency law, the ...
New Zealand – corporate insolvency practitioner regulation
The New Zealand government has called for submissions on the proposed minimum standards and conditions for the licensing of insolvency ...
Regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners – UK and NZ compared
I am pleased to be soon presenting to various groups on the regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners, with some comparisons ...
Regulators and regulation
Regulators and regulations AllARITAILRA 2016AIIPCAANZASICAFSA Deregistered/dissolved companies – let them be? The UK Insolvency Service has been granted new investigative ...
NZ’s 2019 Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act and its cross-Tasman impact
NZ’s Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act is due to commence over the next year introducing a licensing and regulatory regime for ...
Professional body regulation of Australian insolvency practitioners
Having reviewed the current regulation of insolvency practitioners (IPs) by both ASIC and AFSA, ARITA is now examined, and to ...
Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act (NZ) 2019?
A New Zealand government committee has recommended the passage of the long awaited Insolvency Practitioners Bill with some few amendments, ...
ASIC’s liquidator regulation activities – 2017-2018
Under s 136(1)(ca) of the ASIC Act, ASIC is required to report in its annual report on its activities under ...
Bodies everywhere – the regulation of liquidators and trustees
One of the most unusual reforms introduced by Australia’s 2016 Insolvency Law Reform Act was to give a large number ...
